-Medicine. And if I don't know it, I have the resources to look it up for you (evidence-based, peer-reviewed resources).
-The day-to-day workings of hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics.
-Also have access to a chemist
-Climbing Mt. Fuji

Hello there. I'm quite new, but also quite knowledgeable about specific topics.
Emergency Medical Services - you can call someone a tacky SOB in an ambulance and it means you're in deep concern for their health. What I tell you will make your eyes and ears bleed at every medical drama and crime show. Writing about someone going to/getting to the hospital? Did someone call an ambulance? I can give you all the jargon to give your character a 5 minute rundown and create as much clarity or confusion as you'd like.
Illicit drug reactions - promise it's from third person experience. As an EMT I've been assaulted by people under the influence of almost every drug you can think of. I know what to look for, what it does, and usually how to stop it!
EMT/Paramedic/Firefighter/Enough medical/medication/drug terminology
Fire Services - start a fire to stop a fire? Sure! How do you dress to put out a fire? Why really do all men want to be firemen? I know! I'm sorry, but firemen gossip more, eat more cake, and are fatter than your 80 y/o aunt's sewing circle.
Emergency Dispatch - So many codes and acronyms you'll want to cry.
International travel - take a tunnel to a shuttle and scuttle your ship!

Baltimore, Maryland - I'll either bore you silly or dazzle you with the REAL story of the Star Spangled Banner
Washington, DC
Beirut, Lebanon - from old churches in Mar Mikael, ultra post Gemayze, funky Hamra, to the windowless refugee camps, and all the doorless mini-busses, taxis, and alleys between them and around the country. May I see your visa, please, habibi?
Austria (some Vienna, but mostly remote mountain village. I put the Vier Bergen Lauf and German phrases (shadenfreude, yes please!) in almost all of my stories. Would you like to?)

Firearms - My blog is even a large FAQ about guns for writers.
General Martial Arts - I've studied several styles and researched dozens.
General Astronomy - Running a telescope, describing the basics of how space works, and so on.

Salt Lake City, Utah and the surrounding areas. More about the geography and general information than specifics, like the best clubs or bars.

Music
Piano
Choir
Singing
Directing small church choirs
Christianity (I grew up very conservative and am now very liberal and attend a denomination that is not only welcoming of gays but also allows them to be ministers, so I know a lot about both sides of the issues)
Graduate school
Writing a thesis
Folk music
Classical music
Dulcimer
Handbells

Texas
Austin, Texas
Small town life
Small town life transitioning to city life

Catholicism - church teaching, doctrine, practice etc. Mostly modern, but some general knowledge about historical practice as well.
Working for a not-for profit organization (particularly for a large one) - general info
Working as an admin assistant/secretary/executive assistant - the kind of work they do, information they have access to etc.

American University
Working for a textbook company
Ferrets
Rats
Cats
Divorced Parents
Breyer Horses
Attending funerals
Roadtripping (Indiana to South Carolina primarily)
Tumblr
Feminism
Being Queer
BDSM

American history: colonial through early 20th century
American Southern culture and history, especially the Civil War
Religious history: medieval, Reformation, Puritans, 19th century
Medieval history: the Crusades, religious orders, the cult of the saints
Afro-Caribbean religion, including Vodou/Voodoo and Santeria
Catholicism, both history and theology
Graduate school in the humanities in the US
Disease: plague, yellow fever, cholera, malaria
Sorority life in American colleges
Judaism and Jewish studies, especially in the US and antisemitism
Biblical Studies: development of the Bible, Jewish interpretations, Christian interpretations, ancient Israel, the early Christian Church
Gluten-free food
Ballet: ballet history, training, different schools of ballet, especially Soviet dancers and dance

Unschooling- unschooling is an educational philosophy where parents do not insist that their children learn anything they don't want to learn about. It's very much about trusting children and teenager's natural curiosity. I have been unschooled since birth, and know quite a lot about the philosophies, how it works in real life, the ups and downs, and the unschooling community.
Paganism- I was raised in a pagan family, and my family has been hosting Sabbets (including solstices and equinoxes) 8 times a year with our pagan community. I've written many rituals and additionally participated in full moon rituals (and had a junior initiation to the pagan path).
Gender- I am gender fluid, FAAB (female assigned at birth), and have spent many years and hundreds upon hundreds of hours educating myself on gender. I can tell you pretty much anything you want to know about transgender, gender queer, gender nonconforming and cis gender people, as well as quite a bit on intersex people. Everything from appropriate terminology, to the differences in the way people treat baby boys and baby girls, to what it is like to be trans, to how best to pass as a male or female person. I'd love to help your story include sensitively written trans characters, or just realistically written girls disguising as boys etc.
Dyslexia- I was diagnosed as the most severely dyslexic under 18-year-old (by the president of the United States dyslexia foundation) at the age of 12. I have been through 5 different reading programs, and I struggle with my dyslexia daily. I write everything with voice-recognition software and a screen reader, and it deeply bothers me to see dyslexia misused or misrepresented in literature. I'd be happy to answer any questions you have about the way words look, coping strategies, daily struggles etc. The only thing I can't help you with is how to navigate dyslexia to through educational system, since I have never been to school.

Law, specifically New York law, specifically family law and criminal law (including procedures).
History, American and English (some Irish), especially labor history
Quilting, history and techniques and pattern names

Madison, Wisconsin
Westchester County, New York
Bergen County, New Jersey

-Russian history, culture, literature, etc. Strongest with late Imperial, civil war, and early Soviet stuff (think 1910s-1930s), probably, but there's a good chance I'll know about other eras as well. Some combination of this stuff is what my degree is in, and I'll make a concerted effort to find out if I don't know already.
-Cossacks in the North Caucasus, including some things about current revivalist movements. Which falls into the previous category, but... also some things about the North Caucasus in a more general sense.
-Politics, history, etc. of most of the other former Soviet republics and a decent amount about other parts of Central/Eastern Europe, but to varying degrees depending on what you want to know about them.
-Russian language. Also falls into previous category. Can give general information on other Slavic languages as well.
-Dog breeding, showing, training, etc. Both current methods and the history of it.
-Horses, some. Depends on the topic.
-European intellectual history (especially the history of political movements), especially as regards Russia and Germany.
-Partisans and resistance movements in Europe (especially Armia Krajowa), though again it's going to be a matter of degree.
-Target shooting (including competitive) .

-Southeastern Michigan (maybe Michigan in general), including Detroit.
-Kyiv/Kiev, Ukraine. Especially if you want current or early 20th century.
-Probably some parts of the western US (Wyoming especially), Virginia, and parts of Florida.

Working in a coffee shop
Travel
Social anxiety
Weird injuries/illnesses (I can tell you more than you'd ever want to know about dislocations, minor nerve damage, minor fractures, whooping cough, and shingles)
Being a community college student
Being homeschooled/transition from homeschool to public school/public school
Living with a host family in a foreign country

Seattle area and suburbs
London from a tourist perspective
Japan (areas I know well are Osaka, Utsunomiya, and Yamanashi)

Horse riding and care
Cat and cat care
Pole dancing
Cheerleading in the UK
German language and culture
The NHS and procedure within it (specifically employment, disciplinaries, HR really)
Occupational therapy specifically in a rehab setting
Psychology up to degree level
Depression/Self harm/eating disorders
Some knowledge of neurological conditions including aphasia and ataxia

Britain; specifically -
North Wales,
England,
Home Counties (Bucks, Beds, Herts),
London,
*Some* knowledge of Shetland Islands
Limited knowledge of Germany and life on a German British RAF base

Boarding school/private school in general
British university system
History of rock music
Music festivals
Forensic science
Cooking, baking and food hygiene
LGBTQ and coming out
Depression and self harm
Theme parks and amusement parks

Cats,
Anxiety and panic attacks (from first-hand experience and the pov of a loved one),
Eczema (skin condition),
Professional Cleaning (experience of 3 people in 4 different companies, including our own. ins and outs of the business),
Truck Driving and Professional Moving (over 15 years experience),
Quitting smoking,
Divorce and Separation (from first-hand experience and the pov of a teenage child),
Step-parenting and blending families (lots of research on the subject),
WWII in England (lots of research on the subject),
Fairy Tales,
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales,
Greek mythology (enough to get by on. also, research).
Non-denominational Christianity,
working for and running a church,
Medieval living (lots of research on the subject),
Child / baby / toddler care (lots of research on the subject),
Crafting

Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Early American Literature
Italian Renaissance Art
Working in a coffee shop
Working in a library
Appendicitis/appendectomies
PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome)
Paranormal activity/Demonology
giraffes!

Long Island, New York
Albany, New York
Northern New Jersey
Raleigh, North Carolina
Triad region, North Carolina

School System in Germany - Working for one, I gotta know.
Bilingual Learning (English/German) - Who does it work? Is it possible to...?
Metal - What band did....? Who is friend with whom? What is the difference between...?
Festivals - I was on festivals in Germany / Czech Republic +10 times. Ask me about camping, food and toilets. And understanding people you don't share a language with.
Ferrets - I'm currently living with ferret4 and 5 and had everything from 6 weeks old to grandpa ferret, healthy ferrets and sick ferrets, boy and girl ferrets... These monsters don't surprise me anymore.
Disasters - Volcanoes, Tsunamis, Pole Flip... I did a long research on these things some years ago for a novel and I still got the stuff. So if you need some information just ask, I might have it. Or at least know where I can find it.
Media Design - I had a 3 year apprenticeship in media design. I know the important facts, does & don'ts and how to work with Photoshop, Indesign & Illustrator. And of course how to see the world as a designer.
German Uni Life.
I'm also not an expert but have some knowledge of: Hopi prophecies & life (as far as you can get that from books), the Whoniverse, problems with/on German trains

Germany - Born & still living in Northern Germany. Ask me anything. What I don't know I can look up. Also translations possible.

Film Production
Working in a camera department
Homeschooling
Owning a snake
Victorian England
Overseas adoption
Movies
Movie trivia
Anglican church
Church youth group
Working in a dvd rental store
Waitressing

Onomastics -- people's names from 3000 BC and around the world. Not bad on place names in some cases.
Clothing, costume, fashion, spinning, weaving, other fibre skills -- 20 years a professional seamstress, costumer, and historical tailor. Especially enjoy figuring out new costumes for cultures in invented worlds. Familiar with hand methods and pioneered in narrow-loom square-cut clothing. Also a decent background and collection in saris.
Food from scratch. Once someone in a workshop called me "the grain police." If I don't know the recipe, I can probably find an authentic source for, say, mushroom catsup (the predecessor of the tomato flavour).
Kabuki -- studied and worked with Kabuki Hawai'i for a few years, which meant costuming with Onoe Kikunobu dance troupe.
Anything medieval may have stuck in my brain, from my years in SCA.

Interwar LA & NY, but not the entertainment biz. Been doing a lot of research there the last couple of years. Haven't been to either city in decades, though I grew up in LA.

Patternmaking for clothing and costumes,
Canadian history, particularly the history of Quebec
Teaching and the educational system of Quebec (proud secondary school history teacher!)
Circus, including the logistics of travelling shows
Circus aerials, particularly aerial hoop
Canadian French
Dogs
Dogsledding
Snakes as pets

From 1930 to the later 1970s, my DH is a car expert, mostly American. Since WW2-1980, what you drive is as much your personality expression as what you wear, it's important to characterization to not accidentally have people in the wrong car. Just noticed we answer a lot of questions on "What car should my character have?" topics.

Being Muslim
Having sick siblings
ADHD
Track
Cross Country
Marching Band
Academic Decathlon
Having a sibling who passed away
Dogs
Cats
Being a commuter collage student
Being in a bad car accident
Getting laid off

EMS, paramedics, EMT's, nursing, Police, and some firefighting.
Emergency medicine, particularly pre-hospital care. Emergency room care.
Trauma and cardiology are my strong points and I have a good working knowledge of pharmacology and medications.
I also have a lot of experience with hospice care and cancer treatment.

Not sure if these are useful at all, but here goes:
I know a lot about these subjects:
cooking/baking
design
painting
teaching
art history
Catholicism (12 years of Catholic school)
multiple art mediums
travelling by car, bus, subway, train, plane, boat, ferry and motorbike in multiple countries
mushroom hunting (this list is getting weird)
I have intermediate Mandarin Chinese (3 years living in China) and high level Latin (5 years of study)
Jobs I have had that may be useful experiences for someone:
Teaching in China
Teaching art
Working as part of a theater productions costume department
Working in a 5 star restaurant kitchen
Working at a hotel on the night shift
Being a tour guide at the Oregon Vortex
Working for a very strange newspaper that focused on conspiracies

gender: being genderqueer/genderfluid/nonbinary, social transition, FtM passing/attempting to pass, being trans* in university
school: gifted and talented/advanced programmes, honours programmes, psychological effects of high expectations, being the "smart kid" or teacher's pet, transitioning from high school to university
sex: BDSM, queer relationships, D/s relationships, AFAB/AFAB sex, ace-spectrum sexuality

I was a Lifeguard, First responder for 6 years. 2 years of which I was a lifeguard trainer
CPR
Drownings
First Aid
Dehydration/ Heat Exhaustion
Head / Spinal Injury
Seizure
Shock
Amputations
Heavy bleeding
Any emergency situation where bodily harm is involved, I can tell you what you should/shouldn't do until a doctor or ambulance arrives.
What it feels like to respond to emergency situations

Medical tests and waiting for results when you get none. And the strange things people say to you when they know there's something wrong and you've trying to figure out out, but you just have nothing solid

Being a in-patient in hospital
Living with a cardiac problem
Having heart surgery
The patient's side of various medical examinations
Beekeeping
British English grammar, spelling and punctuation
History of comedy (Ancient Greek to present day)

History- Medieval-Renaissance especially well (About 1100-1600). Also the Vikings as a whole (800-1000), as well as the Celts and Picts. I know the English Civil War well. I also know Spanish history between the period of 1469-1598 especially well, particularly in the region of religion and politics. My knowledge of both world wars is pretty solid, but I'm better on WW2.
History of Art- Victorian art through to now, European only.
Literature- British literature mostly, especially prose and poetry from Middle English through to modern day literature. However, can help with plays, especially the works of Shakespeare.
Anthropology

I'm a respiratory therapist, I know A LOT about the lungs, oxygen, and breathing. I place tubes into peoples trachea's, attach them to and manage the machines that breathe for them when they can't... although I specialize in the airway, many other organ system's functions and malfunctions affect a person's breathing, therefore requiring me to know about more than just lungs. I assist in all emergency situations throughout the hospital, and they do NOT go the way the movies portray. I would love to assist with any medical questions you have!

graphic design --
Korean language, culture, and history --
university life in Washington, DC --
being an exchange student in South Korea (specifically, Yonsei University) --
living in South Korea --
living in a Korean boarding house (hasook-jib/hasukjib) --
depression --
verbally/psychologically abusive relationships --
social anxiety

Video games, making a duct-tape dress, Lolita fashion, Cosplay, World of Warcraft (and other MMORPGs), attending a Charter School instead of a traditional high-school, maneuvering Disney World efficiently, anime, Vocaloids, performing magic tricks at a talent show, speaking at high school graduation, cats

Academic libraries; master of library science/grad school; large universities; working in a university dining hall; gender and medicine (i.e. sociological aspects), especially mental health; anxiety disorders and depression; special education in K-12, especially in relation to emotional impairments such as generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder

Firearms: The Mechanics of Firearms and Explosive, as well as their safe and effective use. Taught Firearm Defense, Firearm Safety, Shooting Drills, also sold Firearms and worked in the worlds largest Firearms Auction house.
Confidence Games or Cons, Grifts, or Scams: Many of the commonly used terms, tricks, short cons, long cons, the art of the con, the psychology behind them, and historical references.
Popular Culture and Pop Culture References: Movies, music, TV shows, games, video games, etc.
Knife Throwing: The physics and art of throwing a knife, and 20 years of experience.

Skiing - Competitions, Technicalities, Teaching, Materials
(Academic) Philosophy - About 3 months away from a bachelor's degree.
Early to Late Medieval European History - same as above.
Ancient Greece
Mental Disabilities - experience in teaching sports (and accompanying/caring for on a sports holiday) to a large group of individual with diverse mental disabilities.

Hello!
I'm a current Master of Library and Information Science student, and I don't know if this is the right place for this offer, but I'll give it a try. For one of my classes this quarter, I need to take on someone else's research project — not a simple question or two, but something more comprehensive, similar in scope to "What was medieval midwifery like?" or "Why did American convents boom in the 1950s, and how are they doing now?" So if you have an idea for a book but the research is holding you back, this could be your chance to get (semi-)professional assistance.
If I select your topic, I will ask you for information about your research, such as "What resources have you already tried?" Then, sometime before December 5, I will provide you with a list of scholarly resources that I have found with my magic librarian skills, and I will be forever grateful for your participation. Please note the December 5 delivery date — this is not an ideal offer for 2013 NaNovelists.
Thanks for your time, and happy writing!

Botany, Plant Biology - I work at a Botanical Garden
Gardening
Bryology (study of mosses)
Mycology (study of fungi)
Dendrology (study of trees)
General Biology - I'm certified to teach 7-12th grade Biology in the State of New York

School, University, Jobs in Germany (how to run an office smoothly) generally living in Germany.
Studied history, esp. Greek and Roman.
Agriculture and historical rural living in Germany.
German fairy tales and folklore.

Germany:
Southern regions: The Rhine valley, its castles and vineyards (lived there 15 years)
Northern Regions: mostly Hamburg and the coast, North Sea isles. (lived there another 10 years)

Western Folklore- my degree is literature and ethnology, so I've looked at fairy tales from all sorts of angles. Custom, belief, ritual, rite of passage. If I don't know about it myself, I will be able to guide you to appropriate literature.
Pilgrimage
Scottish Culture and History
Cleaning- I can probably get rid of any stain.

My bad...forgot a couple of obvious ones with my original post:
Magic (the performance art, that is. Especially close-up and mentalism).
Boxing. History, technique, anything, really.
I also did a fair amount of standup comedy and can answer most questions about the process, the scene, etc., though that was a while ago.

American university system
American k-12 education, modern
Teacher education
Postcolonial literature
Living with someone who has a mental illness
Sherlock Holmes
Nineteenth century England
Bestselling American novels of the 18th-19th century
Catholicism
Dating someone who's suicidal
New England mill towns (historical and modern)

Dungeons and Dragons
Teacher Education Program
College Education/Process of Application/Financial Aid/etc
Drawing/Painting/Art process
Raising an Autistic Child
Pentecostal Church
Getting Married
Living in a Menage a Trois
Dealing with an Animal Hoarder
Basic math, up to Geometry
General Overview of most Science

I'll leave out the stuff I know only a little about and let the experts weigh in. I do know a fair amount about:
- air traffic control
- Canadian law (human rights, immigration, environmental, contracts, criminal)
- target archery

VIDEO GAMES: The Elder Scrolls Series (Expert with Skyrim, familiar with Oblivion and general Lore, passingly familiar with Morrowind, next to nothing about Arena/Daggerfall), Pokemon (expert at ALL main series game gens, a couple side games, passingly familiar with the anime), Fire Emblem (English released GBA/DS games only), Castlevania (GBA/DS only). ASEXUALITY. AROMANTICISM. ASPERGER SYNDROME. PANDAS: The obscure disease, not the cuddly creature. NON-TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Personal experience (was in a special education [for emotionally/behaviorally challenged students -- it was a dark time pre-meds] school as well as an excellent, nationally acclaimed lottery school). ADOPTION: My family adopted an Alaska Native child (one of very few Native babies to leave the racial community). FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME: Observations of a severely affected family member. SOCIAL WORK: Not myself, but my mother is a custody investigator. SMALL PLANES: Father is an Alaska Bush pilot. DIAGNOSES OF DISABLED CHILDREN/"HOPPING" DIAGNOSES. THEATER JOBS: I work at a large chain of theaters, in concession. LORD OF THE RINGS/THE HOBBIT/TOLKIEN: Fairly familiar. Moreso with the Hobbit now. BLOGS. RARE DOG BREEDS: I have a Hovawart. CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIELS. DOGSITTING/HOUSESITTING. ATHEISM. OBESITY/WEIGHT ISSUES. LAP BANDS/WEIGHT LOSS SURGERIES. ASTHMA.

U.S. Military life, The U.S. Air Force, Computers (programming, hacking, servers, web sites, unix, etc.), Nutrition, Fitness, Body building, basic calculus/biology/physics/chemistry, math, small town life, big city life.

benign bone tumors, cancerous bone tumors, chondrosarcoma cancer, surgery of bone tumors from the viewpoint of many different locations in the body with a patient's perspective. Please note: I am NOT a doctor, but a survivor and moderator of a chondrosarcoma support group for twelve years.

Ballet at the pre-professional level
Photography - film and digital, developing and printing
Human Evolution - Neandertals especially - fossils, current research, theories
Primate morphology and behavior (lemurs, monkeys, apes)
Dachshunds
Being a student at private school in NYC
Being a Columbia University student

New York City in general - geography, locations of landmarks, subway system
New York City Neighborhoods - Morningside Heights (Columbia University and environs), Manhattan Valley/Bloomingdale, Upper West Side, Upper East Side, Lincoln Center and surrounding area, Central Park

Columbus, Ohio and central Ohio in general
Small towns in Ohio
Ohio laws (If I don't know the answer off the top of my head, I have two uncles who are lawyers and would be perfectly happy to help provide you with an answer.)
Lake Erie
Wooster
Cincinnati
Georgia
Oklahoma (particularly the OKC/Norman area)

How victims of domestic violence think, react and why and how they become victims. I have worked with victims of domestic violence for over 4 years.
I am also the mother of a 19 year old daughter with Downs Syndrome.

Most of New Mexico, but mostly north west corner of New Mexico...the weather, the landscape, the people...etc

I am very knowledgeable about biology- especially biochemistry, molecular/sub-cellular biology, and epigenetics. I have a degree in these areas and I've worked in labs in all of these areas and am aware of them particularly in terms of health and disease,since my interests are biomedical. I also have limited knowledge in abnormal psychology (college minor).

Schizophrenia/Schizo-affective/Psychosis in General (diagnosed with Schizo-affective Depressive subtype, and I also spend most of my time studying the spectrum)
Depression/Dysthymia (Again, diagnosed, but not actually a certified expert. I haven't taken abnormal psychology classes, but I have bought and read the textbooks.)
Trauma from Emotional Abuse (Experience and self study)
ADHD (Diagnosed with ADHD combined type, and spend the time I'm not studying schiz studying the latest findings about ADHD)
Kemeticism (The worship of Ancient Egyptian deities, I'm a practitioner and a former member of the House of Netjer, the big name modern Kemetic temple).
Lucid Dreams (I've experienced them most of my life.)
Self Harm and Recovery from Self Harm (Same as above.)
Table-Top RPGS such as D&D and White Wolf games. (Played for over half of my life.)
Chaos Magic (I own various books on the subject and was a practitioner for a while.)
Gallbladder Disease and Surgery from the perspective of the patient.

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